RCTV shutdown in Venezuela, so what, you ask?

The biggest problem with the shutdown of RCTV is its one less source of news for the populace. Yeah, newspapers are available - but when a newspaper costs a rather large percentage of your daily income, are you going to buy one or catch the TV news? If you can't afford a daily paper you're not likely to have cable either.

I liked Chavez' attitude originally but now that I hear that he's targeting another private television station over some probably-imagined assassination plot, not so much.